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Vodafone, Microsoft Sign $1.5 Billion Deal Spanning OpenAI, IoT and Azure Cloud – Bloomberg

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As part of the agreement, Vodafone will use OpenAI technology running on Azure to enhance customer service operations including its consumer chatbot, and Vodafone employees will have access to Microsoft Copilot, the companies said in a statement on Tuesday.

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